Mauser
['mauzər]
Definition
(noun.) trademark for a repeating rifle or pistol.
(noun.) German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914).
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Definition
n. a German magazine rifle invented by Wilhelm Mauser (1834-82).
Edited by Georgina
Examples
- This is a Mauser, the man said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Among later types of repeating rifles, known from the names of their inventors, are the Krag-Jorgensen, and the Mauser, and the crack of these is heard around the world. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Thou wilt do that with a Mauser sometime which has no knurl on the bolt and it will fire. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In the Mauser the breech moves to the rear during recoil. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Also I had only a shotgun with cartridges of large buckshot and the _guardia civil_ had Mausers. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Typist: Mason